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i'm not a public policy guy, i'm not a washington insider. i'm a restaurant owner from houston, texas. so i can kind of tell you my kind of brief experience -- well, lifelong experience on this, but brief kind of political side of it is back in september of last year, um, every day in our restaurant we have what we call comida in which we break bread with our staff, waiters and waitresses and to our kitchen staff, talk about showing up on time, putting the right amount of food on the table and not wasting. owning a restaurant's kind of like baby sitting, so it's kind of our moment to hit those points. and after that i had my longtime employee who's been with us over ten years, he came to us afterwards and wanted to talk to me about something. but i'd like to kind of tell you about this person before i start. over ten years ago, he came to work for our family's restaurant because his previous employer would not give him off on sunday to go to church with his family. very important part to note. i wasn't the job, it wasn't work conditions, it w
i'm not a public policy guy, i'm not a washington insider. i'm a restaurant owner from houston, texas. so i can kind of tell you my kind of brief experience -- well, lifelong experience on this, but brief kind of political side of it is back in september of last year, um, every day in our restaurant we have what we call comida in which we break bread with our staff, waiters and waitresses and to our kitchen staff, talk about showing up on time, putting the right amount of food on the table and...
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do just that tomorrow folks we're asking to go to their member of congress not everybody can come to washington and walk the halls of congress but tomorrow you can go to the p.t.a. web site download a letter that simply says to your member of congress let's move to prosperity not austerity let's cut the defense budget let's not only defense attorney medicaid let's move towards enhanced medicare for all so what can a person do give up a half hour of your lunch hour tomorrow download a letter go to a member of congress and the tradition of thomas jefferson and the committee of correspondence and deliver your message to congress and get through this filter of six billion dollars that was just spent to start that message that's what petey's about to link you in your community with those that are making the effort to put our government back to work for not just as we said the middle class but to defend those programs have a moral obligation so that's what people can do that starting tomorrow some sometimes i see. outside movements you know outside of politics movements that are totally disassociated
do just that tomorrow folks we're asking to go to their member of congress not everybody can come to washington and walk the halls of congress but tomorrow you can go to the p.t.a. web site download a letter that simply says to your member of congress let's move to prosperity not austerity let's cut the defense budget let's not only defense attorney medicaid let's move towards enhanced medicare for all so what can a person do give up a half hour of your lunch hour tomorrow download a letter go...
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you sent me a "washington post" piece. this is going to be a serious problem but many americans unaware of healthcare law changes. now comes the real work, right? people knowing about this and because if enough people don't take part, it's not going to work right? >> right. we've got a big task ahead of us and this is going to be a big issue. obviously we know from the fight over the affordable care act that we had a lot of trouble getting the right information out. so people knew what was really going on and what the affordable care act really does. >> stephanie: i was just going to say once again republicans thanks again because they spent so much time demagoguing it and stonewalling it, it has led to this wall of misinformation that now that it survived the supreme court in this election, we have to start getting out the right information so people know what to do. >> right. the problem is that we have to get people enrolled in the plans. get people to understand how they can take part in the healthcare exchanges what t
you sent me a "washington post" piece. this is going to be a serious problem but many americans unaware of healthcare law changes. now comes the real work, right? people knowing about this and because if enough people don't take part, it's not going to work right? >> right. we've got a big task ahead of us and this is going to be a big issue. obviously we know from the fight over the affordable care act that we had a lot of trouble getting the right information out. so people...
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washington on the acela express. lisa. >> reporter: amtrak is booming and tomorrow will be the busiest day yesterday. last year 138,000 passengers crowded on board the day before thanksgiving. now, here in the northeast amtrak has even borrowed trains from canada to handle the crush. usually it relies on cars from new jersey's transit, but many of those were damaged by hurricane sandy, and that storm also means many of the commuter lines aren't up to speed. you should check the schedules online. and a bit of advice, get to the station at least 45 minutes early. bring your i.d., and if you're on one of those long distance line, well, come hungry. there will be a full thanksgiving menu on board. george? >> okay, lisa, thanks. >>> and as millions of americans at airports face those long security lines, we have news tonight about the threats that make those checks so critical. four men from southern california are under arrest charged with plotting to join al qaeda and kill americans. abc's senior justice correspondent p
washington on the acela express. lisa. >> reporter: amtrak is booming and tomorrow will be the busiest day yesterday. last year 138,000 passengers crowded on board the day before thanksgiving. now, here in the northeast amtrak has even borrowed trains from canada to handle the crush. usually it relies on cars from new jersey's transit, but many of those were damaged by hurricane sandy, and that storm also means many of the commuter lines aren't up to speed. you should check the schedules...
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not what oregon and washington need yesterday they got more than six inches. winds gusting over 100 miles an hour knocked down trees there. memories stolen by another storm are being recovered thanks to a woman you will meet when we come back. used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is...
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from mexico, from canada, especially like washington state is a hub being so close to canada. then you deal with, you know, the feds stepping in and the d.a. stepping in and enphotgraphersing federal law because it really is -- and enforcing law. it is not about someone who has an ounce to use recreationally over the weekend. it is about how do we stop a van full of marijuana driving through the border and how do we know that's for washington state? and it's legal users. versus this war on drugs that we're fighting forever. >> michael i want to ask you too. this puts the president and the justice department in a funny position. the people have spoken in two states. what is their posture? what do you think they're going to do? >> you have president obama a founding member of the -- his catch phrases was interception. he was known for grabbing the joint out of people's hands and inhaling. when he ran in '08, he would be a marijuana dove on this stuff. we saw the crackdowns. so sara, how much control does the president have in terms of setting the policy of the federal government
from mexico, from canada, especially like washington state is a hub being so close to canada. then you deal with, you know, the feds stepping in and the d.a. stepping in and enphotgraphersing federal law because it really is -- and enforcing law. it is not about someone who has an ounce to use recreationally over the weekend. it is about how do we stop a van full of marijuana driving through the border and how do we know that's for washington state? and it's legal users. versus this war on...
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the craziest thing is happening in washington right now. you've probably heard of the fiscal cliff or as lawrence likes to call it, the fiscal curve or as my friend calls t the austerity bomb. whatever you would like to call it, it does not look like it's going to happen. it doesn't just look like we're going to avoid a crisis. at this moment today, and this can change, it looks like we're going to avoid an almost-crisis too. they might wrap it up and go home for christmas. almost everyone i have talked to has been weirdly confident and upbeat about where this is going. this shouldn't be an amazing thing for me to tell you. i shouldn't be coming to you saying, look, congress might not blow up the economy for no good reason. or if i do have to say it, i shouldn't sound excited about it. that should be a given. but in recent years, it has not been a given. and the reason it hasn't been is in some ways traceable to this guy. you know that guy. that is grover norquist. if you go by his name or his picture, he may not seem imposing. but in the r
the craziest thing is happening in washington right now. you've probably heard of the fiscal cliff or as lawrence likes to call it, the fiscal curve or as my friend calls t the austerity bomb. whatever you would like to call it, it does not look like it's going to happen. it doesn't just look like we're going to avoid a crisis. at this moment today, and this can change, it looks like we're going to avoid an almost-crisis too. they might wrap it up and go home for christmas. almost everyone i...
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crowley professor at george washington university. former secretary for president obama. for more on israel's options let's go to former u.s. ambassador to morocco marc ginsberg. thank you for joining us. >> pleasure to be with you eliot. >> eliot: not a happy moment in the middle east. you have been a critic of u.s. policies thinking we've been too passive. is what we're seeing now an outgrowth of our being passive for too long a time and feuding forces explode in a moment when we don't want this to happen? >> the usual metaphor in the middle east if you don't stay on the bicycle and keep pedaling you fall off that's precisely what the problem has been with the active americans consistent and strategic diplomacy to try to break this logjam that exists that is in effect and powered hamas to take what essentially is now the primary role as p.j. crowley said away from the more secular palestinian authority which is high tailing it to the united nations to circumvent israel and not negotiate directly in order to get its own victory at the united nations at the expense of isr
crowley professor at george washington university. former secretary for president obama. for more on israel's options let's go to former u.s. ambassador to morocco marc ginsberg. thank you for joining us. >> pleasure to be with you eliot. >> eliot: not a happy moment in the middle east. you have been a critic of u.s. policies thinking we've been too passive. is what we're seeing now an outgrowth of our being passive for too long a time and feuding forces explode in a moment when we...
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my boss is the constituents and not these washington insiders? >> no. i don't think anybody -- i don't think grover norquist is a household name but a lot of these guys signed a pledge they would not raise taxes and then these sort of trap of that and the effectiveness is there aren't a lot of constituents who would say i'm glad he broke that. >> heather? >> that's so sad the idea that constituents would say i'm upset you broke a promise to your donor. that's what grover norquist is. let's be clear. the reason why the club for growth has so much power because of the connection with the funding. so i have to think and the polling has shown that the majority of republican voters actually want to see social security intact, medicare and medicaid intact, and not a spending only deficit reduction package. so there is a degree to which the donor class that sets the agenda in our current washington between the campaign finance rules, the lobbying rules, the donor class is setting the agenda and the donor class is more upset about the deficit even than the repu
my boss is the constituents and not these washington insiders? >> no. i don't think anybody -- i don't think grover norquist is a household name but a lot of these guys signed a pledge they would not raise taxes and then these sort of trap of that and the effectiveness is there aren't a lot of constituents who would say i'm glad he broke that. >> heather? >> that's so sad the idea that constituents would say i'm upset you broke a promise to your donor. that's what grover...
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around china town and there is your beautiful verizon center your basketball team -- >> yeah, the 0-9 washington wizards. >> john: they are getting ready to bring back michael jordan at age 50. and i saw that dylan was playing there. and i thought i used to follow bob dylan around like a dead head, which is known as girl repel ant. >> how if have you seen? >> john: over 50. which is not a lot compared to some people i meet at the shows, but that's over 20 years and i love dylan, i do i like watching him age, and seeing how he rearranges his song and as his voice comes more like tom wait and a frog gargling i feel like he does more interesting stuff musically to make it work around him. and i heard he was playing grand piano on tour for the first time, so i wanted to go, and it was pretty wild i can work as a translator for bob dylan. he is playing grand piano now. the rumor is he has arthritis and can't play guitar too much. he comes to the foot of the stage and just sings and dances around and does kind of a crooner act. the one thing about the grand piano is now you are watching a 71-year-old
around china town and there is your beautiful verizon center your basketball team -- >> yeah, the 0-9 washington wizards. >> john: they are getting ready to bring back michael jordan at age 50. and i saw that dylan was playing there. and i thought i used to follow bob dylan around like a dead head, which is known as girl repel ant. >> how if have you seen? >> john: over 50. which is not a lot compared to some people i meet at the shows, but that's over 20 years and i...